Al-Aqsa Mosque

Al-Aqsa Mosque. Photo: Aljazeera
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Al-Aqsa Mosque: Five things you need to know

The recent conflict between Israel and Palestine has claimed the lives of at least 227 Palestinians

Israeli security forces on rooftops in front of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City May 10, 2021. REUTERS/Ilan Rosenberg
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Violence erupts at al-Aqsa mosque as Israel marks Jerusalem Day

Israeli police run during clashes with Palestinians at the compound that houses Al-Aqsa Mosque, known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount, amid tension over the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 7, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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Turkey accuses Israel of 'terror' over Palestinian clashes at Al-Aqsa

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Israeli police, Palestinians clash at Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa, scores injured

People hold Hamas flags as Palestinians gather after performing the last Friday of Ramadan to protest over the possible eviction of several Palestinian families from homes on land claimed by Jewish settlers in the Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood, in Jerusalem's Old City, May 7, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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Thousands pack Al-Aqsa Mosque, protest Palestinian evictions in Jerusalem

Palestinian men pray in front of the Dome of the Rock in the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, as coronavirus disease (COVID-19) restrictions ease around the country, April 16, 2021. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
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Ramadan prayers held at Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa, with Israeli restrictions

File Photo: People walking near the Al-Aqsa mosque reflect in a puddle next to a gate to the compound known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as The Noble Sanctuary, in Jerusalem's Old City December 27, 2019. Reuters/Ammar Awad
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Jordan demands Israel end Al-Aqsa ‘provocations’

A man walks in front of the Dome of the Rock in the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, after Muslim clerics shut the doors of Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock until further notice as a precaution against coronavirus March 15, 2020/ Reuters
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Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque reopens after more than two months

A Palestinian mosque keeper prays in a mosque on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan as prayers by worshippers in the holy places are suspended due to concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the northern Gaza Strip April 24, 2020. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem
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Al-Aqsa preacher's voice echoes across Jerusalem devoid of Ramadan crowds

A man walks in front of the Dome of the Rock in the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City, after Muslim clerics shut the doors of Al-Aqsa mosque and the Dome of the Rock until further notice as a precaution against coronavirus March 15, 2020/ Reuters
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Prayers at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque compound suspended over virus

File Photo: People walking near the Al-Aqsa mosque reflect in a puddle next to a gate to the compound known to Jews as Temple Mount and to Muslims as The Noble Sanctuary, in Jerusalem's Old City December 27, 2019. Reuters/Ammar Awad
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Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa Mosque shut as precaution against coronavirus by Muslim clerics